Letter: Cruz has it wrong

Ted Cruz has promulgated a lot of misinformation, or lies, about the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. He cited a letter from James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, as evidence that organized labor opposed the Affordable Care Act.

What he did not say was that the Service Employees International Union, with a membership of two million workers, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, with a membership of more than 12 million, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, all support the Affordable Care Act.

Further, while it is true that James Hoffa wrote a letter severely criticizing certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act, in a followup statement to USA Today, Mr. Hoffa made it clear that he supports the Affordable Care Act.

Cruz, in response to questioning on Meet the Press, said that it was simple enough for Americans to get health coverage. They can do that, he said, by simply getting a job. Unfortunately, the host on Meet the Press failed to point out that that was the system we had in place before the Affordable Care Act went into effect, leaving more than 40 million Americans uninsured.

Cruz also claims that the Affordable Care Act punishes the poor and rewards the well-to-do. That is patently untrue, and a lie, that if told often enough, some will believe. He also claims that the Affordable Care Act kills jobs, but gives no facts to prove this. And Cruz has voted against every job bill the President has introduced.

Fred Davis

Visalia

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Letter: Cruz has it wrong

Ted Cruz has promulgated a lot of misinformation, or lies, about the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. He cited a letter from James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, as evidence that organized